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Wrote a will on September 16, 1893.
To wife Harriet, $300 which is in lieu of dower on personal estate.
If any cash remains after settling my estate, divide it equally between wife and two sons David Ellsworth McConnell and Robert H. McConnell.
I give to my son David Ellsworth McConnell my farm, calle the Pater farm, 167 acres, and expect he will care for my wife.
Other lands are to be sold and divided by shares, 8 shares in all:
To son James Y. McConnell.
To heirs of son John S. McConnell.
To son A. D. McConnell.
To daughter Sarah A. Reynolds.
To daughter A. Melissa McConnell
To daughter Mary Buchanon.
To daughter Kate A Sterling.
To son Robert H. Mcconnell.
Son A.D. McConnell and friend H.M. Jones to be executors.
Witnesses: W.F. Adair, and D.M. Buchanon.